The Educator Expense deduction is available to teachers, instructors, counselors, aides, or principals that work at least 900 hours in a school that provides K-12 education. If that applies to you, you can take a deduction up to $250 for your expenses. To go to the section of the tax return to enter this information, use these steps: On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner) This opens a box where you can type in “educator expenses deduction” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find) The search results will give you an option to “Jump to educator expenses deduction” Click on the blue “Jump to educator expenses deduction” link and enter your information @dmaj1005

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Can I as a preschool teacher get deductions for educational materials that I bought?

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April 27, 2020
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The Educator Expense deduction is available to teachers, instructors, counselors, aides, or principals that work at least 900 hours in a school that provides K-12 education.

If that applies to you, you can take a deduction up to $250 for your expenses.

To go to the section of the tax return to enter this information, use these steps:

On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
This opens a box where you can type in “educator expenses deduction” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
The search results will give you an option to “Jump to educator expenses deduction”
Click on the blue “Jump to educator expenses deduction” link and enter your information